Karl Zimmermann (theologian)

Karl Zimmermann, 1844.

Justus Joseph Georg Friedrich Karl (also: Carl ) Zimmermann (* 23 August 1803 in Darmstadt ; † 12 June 1877 ibid) was a Protestant theologian and court preacher of the Hessian Grand Ducal .

family

Karl Zimmermann was the son of the director of the pedagogue in Darmstadt, Johann Georg Zimmermann and his wife Henriette Charlotte nee Klein. He was Ernst Zimmermann's brother and married Wilhelmine Klein. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Karl Zimmermann (1830–1879), co-preacher in Erbach in 1857, pastor in Jugenheim in 1859.
• Georg Zimmermann (1831–1878), postal secretary in Darmstadt
• Theodor Zimmermann (1834–1902), District Court Secretary in Darmstadt
• Wilhelm Zimmermann (1842–1911), doctor of philosophy, professor, senior teacher at the secondary school in Darmstadt

Life

Karl Zimmermann attended grammar school in Darmstadt from 1813 to 1820 and studied theology at the universities of Giessen and Heidelberg from 1821 to 1823 . During his studies in 1821 he became a member of the old Gießen fraternity Germania . After graduating, he worked as a private teacher and then as a co-owner of a private school in Darmstadt. From 1827 to 1833 he was a teacher at the secondary school in Darmstadt and at the same time from 1829 to 1832 he was ordained assistant preacher with the title of free preacher at the city church. From 1832 to 1835 he was court deacon and from 1833 to 1837 history teacher at the military school in Darmstadt.

From 1835 Zimmermann was second and from 1841 first court preacher in Darmstadt. In 1847 he was appointed superintendent of the Starkenburg province , pastor in Darmstadt, senior consistorial councilor and prelate .

Zimmermann became known primarily through the establishment and promotion of the Gustav Adolf Foundation and through his work and influence as editor of church and theological journals:

• the continuation of the Allgemeine Kirchenzeitung and the Allgemeine Schul-Zeitung, which his brother started in 1822
• the editorship of the homiletic magazine Die Sonntagsfeier. Weekly papers for pulpit eloquence and edification (1834–1871)
• the foundation of a theological literature sheet (1841 ff.)
• the messenger of the Gustav-Adolf-Verein published with Christian Gottlob Großmann since 1843

From 1847 to 1849 and from 1851 to 1872 he was a member of the first chamber of the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse as a prelate in accordance with the constitution of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Retired in 1872, he died on June 12, 1877 in Darmstadt.

Honors

Karl Zimmermann was in 1837 by the University of Giessen Dr. theol. appointed hc .

Fonts

• Christian tolerance. 5 sermons . Leipzig, 1842 (and other editions).
• Lecture on the Evangelical Association of the Gustav Adolf Foundation for the Best of the Poor Spinners and Weavers in Schlitz and in Silesia held on May 2, 1844 . Leske, Darmstadt 1844.
• Luther's life . Leske, Darmstadt 1849, 2nd edition 1855.
• The Gustav Adolf Association. A word from him and for him . Bekker, Darmstadt 1854.
  • 7th, increased edition under the title: The Gustav-Adolf-Verein. A word from him and for him. Anniversary edition . Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt and Leipzig 1867.
  • The Gustav-Adolf-Verein according to its history, its constitution and its works. Edited from the estate of the deceased by his son Wilhelm Zimmermann. With a preface by Fricke in Leipzig . Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt and Leipzig 1878.
• Tabea or the women's associations of the Gustav Adolf Foundation . Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt and Leipzig 1864.
• Contributions to comparative homiletics . Sermons at Gustav Adolfs festivals . Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt and Leipzig 1866.
• The Evangelical Diaspora and the effectiveness of the Evangelical Church for it. A contribution to the history of the Protestant Church . Self-published, Darmstadt
  • Vol. 1: The Evangelical Diaspora in the Austrian States , 1868.
  • Vol. 2: The Evangelical Diaspora in the Prussian States , 1868.
  • Vol. 3: The Evangelical Diaspora in the German states except Austria and Prussia, and in the rest of Europe and the rest of the world , 1869.
• as editor: The buildings of the Gustav-Adolf-Verein in picture and history, a contribution to the history of the evangelical brothers in the diversion . 2 volumes, Eduard Zernin, Darmstadt and Leipzig, 1860 and 1876.

He also published several cycles of sermons.

literature

• Wilhelm Diehl :  carpenter, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 280-283.
• Burkard Krug:  Zimmermann, Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 504-505.
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 425.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 1001-1002.

Web links

• Zimmermann, Karl in the Hessian biography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, F. Germania. No. 66.
2. ^ Paul Glaue: Art. Zimmermann, Karl . In: The religion in past and present , 1st edition, Vol. 5: Raw - Zypressen , Tübingen 1913, Col. 2215.